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Musical Chiaroscuro in F rench Baroque Opera: The Case of A bbé P ellegrin's Tragédies en Musique
Author(s) -
PINTIAUX BENJAMIN
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal for eighteenth‐century studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1754-0208
pISSN - 1754-0194
DOI - 10.1111/1754-0208.12199
Subject(s) - opera , musical , baroque , art , musical form , typology , variety (cybernetics) , literature , visual arts , art history , history , computer science , archaeology , artificial intelligence
The libretti of S imon‐ J oseph P ellegrin's tragédies en musique are a perfect example of the use and functioning of musical clair‐obscur in F rench opera in the eighteenth century. They illustrate the way it shapes and structures them both from a micro and macro point of view, with a rich typology of arias as well as literary and musical patterns. The need for variety and contrast and the systematic alternation between different types of arias, lyrical forms, registers, scenes and genres help structure F rench opera of the Enlightenment.